It's great to hear that someone actually wants to play doom around here! How much is another question, what will you be tuning to & what equipment do you possess or wish to? My Dingwall is very dark sounding compared to my Zon, but I can get a ton of low-end out of it also. What kind of price range are you looking at? 4 , 5, ??? string choice? If you would like to check out my band go to EVOKEN.com to our site + we have an Mp3 site under EVOKEN. We tune to A & play PURE DOOM, BTW we played with My Dying Bride here in the states awhile ago & Adrian is a very cool individual, they even put our bands banner on their site, great people-greater band...

Originally posted by SlimT I've got two black basses and they are really dark.

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A dark black bass? will wonders never cease?

If metal's all you're ever going to play, a BC Rich should provide the proper visual effect. If you think your musical tastes might evolve or you might get a gig playing a wedding or some such, I'd get a nice Fender P-bass.

dude dont waste your time with any foderas or music men... get an 8o's jackson/charvel with the nekkid woman graphic. boobs add a low end bump around 100hz. also you'll need spandex. lots of spandex. oh yeah then your gonna need aqua net... then you'll need to work on yer grimace. and sayin grrrrrrrr alot......and as normal i am completely kidding

If you really want some good tone in a death/doom setting, and you dont have much money look at the ESP F-204 or F-205. I think Tom Araya From Slayer plays one. The Fender might not sound good unless you got some power behind it. Also the ESP Ta-500 might be good as well

If you really want some good tone in a death/doom setting, and you dont have much money look at the ESP F-204 or F-205. I think Tom Araya From Slayer plays one. The Fender might not sound good unless you got some power behind it. Also the ESP Ta-500 might be good as well